Eyewitnesses have told the Associated PressthatIslamic extremist group Boko Haram attacked the northeastern Nigerian town of Damboa before dawn Friday, "piling up corpses" and setting half the town, just 53 miles from Borno state capital Maiduguri, ablaze.

At least 20, and possibly as many as 40, young mothers and three men have been kidnapped in Nigeria, in a siege likely perpetrated by Boko Haram. The victims were nabbed near Chibok, the same town which saw 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in April.

Ten Nigerian generals and five military officers were found guilty of providing arms and information to Boko Haram, the terrorist group which has taken responsibility for kidnapping nearly 300 schoolgirls and a number of deadly terrorist attacks.

A day after Nigeria's defense chief claimed that the country's military knew the location of more than 200 missing schoolgirls, the State Department has noted that it has been unable to verify that claim, and probably wouldn't say if they could.

Few people have more faith in hashtag activism than the US Special Forces, who are worried #BringBackOurGirls will tweet them into Nigeria, just as #Kony2012 put pressure on the US to send troops to Uganda.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan reportedly backed out of a deal over the weekend that would have freed Boko Haram prisoners in exchange for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls being held hostage by the militant group.

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The death toll from two car bombs that went off in a Nigerian city has gone up to 118, reports Agence France-Presse. Earlier, outlets reported that the death toll was at 46, with several others injured.

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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has canceled his trip to Chibok, the Nigerian town that saw nearly 300 schoolgirls taken by the militant group Boko Haram more than a month ago, for security reasons.

As the search for more than 260 kidnapped schoolgirls continued on Wednesday, the government has announced that it refuses to negotiate with the group after a proposal earlier this week for the girls’ return in exchange for a prisoner release.

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American officials announced on Monday that they had begun flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria in the hope of locating more than 200 missing girls who had been kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram.

Conservative radio host and Nigerian socio-political policy expert Rush Limbaugh has a new theory on why Hillary Clinton's pre-Benghazi State Department waited to designate Boko Haram as a terrorist organization: they look like American blacks.